I was laying in bed this morning at 6:25, just figuring out if I want to get up or try to sleep-in some more. I heard my kids - they got up early and were milling around in the kitchen. I then heard sound like woo-woo-woo very softly. I dismissed it as the kids fooling around. Then I heard...
Yesterday, I added three buff orpingtons to the coop. I had wanted to get some chicks, because frankly I enjoy raising them, but I had a hard time finding some at the feed stores around here. I decided to go a different route, and found some young ones on Craigslist - two hens and a rooster...
Hey guys...I live in the suburbs, and I have chickens (all hens) but was thinking about getting a couple of turkeys. What are their space requirements? Are they very noisy? I hunt wild turkeys so I know about gobbling and hen yelping, I just didn't know if their domestic cousins were the same...
I recently made a new chicken coop for my backyard, with some scrap wood from an old deck, and an old dog pen.
The dog pen is approx. 8' x 12', and I tried to figure out a way to integrate some sort of coop, with a couple of nests and a roost, without cutting a hole in the fencing, like a...
Hey guys...I have wanted to make a chicken tractor for a long time and I finally broke down and made one with some scrap materials. It is about 3x9 in size.
Back view, with access hatch for nest box:
They found the nest
I have it sitting in my garden, where they are taking care of...
I'm Greg, from North Charleston, SC...
I used to be a member of this board back about 6-7 years ago - at my peak I had about 10 hens of various breeds. I had to give them up when I moved away to take a job in another state.
Unfortunately the gentleman I gave them to lived in the country on a...